day two

Well, most of the day was spent in the garden pulling weeds and getting everything ready for JM to plant some stuff so we have more food to play with, and food we grew, which is a plus. Not sure what will get planted this year, but you can count on tomatoes, Jalapenos, herbs galore, maybe some water melon and beans, enough basil to make pesto for the winter and a smattering of other good stuff. Nice to get out in the sun, sweat out a little toxic waste and dunk my head in the ocean for a treat afterward, the water is still freezing by the way, not quite martini cold, but still more than just refreshing. Last night's dinner was a smashing success, sirloin, with Chimayo spice mix, grilled red onions, grilled jalapenos, (of which I had 5), beet salad and a green salad with some rolls rubbed with garlic, very simple and very good, all thanks go to JM who was at the helm, tonight I am on deck.
Made two batches of cooking for a yard sale this week, chocolate chip, large chunks, with Kahlua and from the, Necessity is the Mother of Invention column, peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies with Blue corn meal flour,, I ran out of white flour, and they came out good! Have to bake a little longer, around 2 minutes, and they have a slightly grainy texture, but very slight, all in all, I was pleasantly surprised. Was hoping they would have more of a blue hue, but i did mix some white flour in there with them, around 60/40%, leaning to the white flour side of things. Wrapped them up in wax paper logs and will bake on Saturday, hopefully giving tag saler's a little incentive to buy our old stuff,,ones mans garbage, is another mans garbage, so long as it is not mine anymore. have been on a none keeping crap kick the past few years since my fathers death, read a book, give it away, not going so far as to keep only what i can carry on my back, but trying not to get to bogged down with accumulated stuff,, other than cookbooks and Cd's of course.
Tonight looks like country style pork ribs, bone in, (is there any other way?), which are marinating in some magic Hat beer Ben left in the downstairs fridge back when he was still drinking. They have been soaking in it for a few hours and need to be turned in a bit, then drained and dry rubbed, am going with cumin, black pepper, salt and green chili powder, toss em on the grill and baste them with the remnants of 3 BBQ sauces cluttering up the ice box, mix in some sambal, ( spicy Asian chili mix,,,, amazing mixed with ketchup on french fries, made that little discovery in Hawaii last winter). Picked up some baby eggplant, portabello mushrooms and red onion for grilling, am going to marinate in garlic, Olive oil, Balsamic vinegar, oregano and thyme, the herbs coming from the little greenhouse box JM threw together this past fall, which saved out little herb collection and has helped out all winter long. Cooked some new potatoes while the cookies were spinning around the mixer, tossed with O.O, white vinegar, salt, garlic powder, onion powder and mint, they have been chilling since around one, so should make a nice cool touch to dinner, there are a few rolls left and i had top bake some tester cookies, which will come in handy around the 7th inning stretch tonight.
Got some Dylan on the tune box, a fine iced coffee and a cigar, except for the nail i stepped on in the garden of good and evil the afternoon looks rosey. I am off to toss my riblets around the pyrex and put away the dishes from last night. Hope your cooking.